17-letter words that end in ive
- account executive — an executive in an advertising agency or public relations firm who manages a client's account
- advance directive — a living will or durable power of attorney in which a person states his or her wishes regarding medical treatment in the event of mental incompetency or an inability to communicate.
- affiliative drive — the urge to form friendships and attachments, typically prompting a person to attend social gatherings and join organizations as a way of preventing loneliness and gaining emotional security.
- anti-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- antiproliferative — of or relating to a substance used to prevent or retard the spread of cells, especially malignant cells, into surrounding tissues.
- capital-intensive — Capital-intensive industries and businesses need the investment of large sums of money. Compare labour-intensive.
- context-sensitive — behaving, responding, or interpreted differently depending on context
- contradistinctive — distinction by opposition or contrast: plants and animals in contradistinction to humans.
- counterinitiative — An initiative opposing another initiative.
- counterproductive — Something that is counterproductive achieves the opposite result from the one that you want to achieve.
- countersubversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- electroconvulsive — Of or relating to the treatment of mental illness by the application of electric shocks to the brain.
- floppy disk drive — disk drive
- front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.
- grooved fricative — a fricative, as (s), in which air is channeled through a groove along the center of the tongue.
- immunosuppressive — capable of causing immunosuppression: immunosuppressive drugs.
- into/in overdrive — If you go into overdrive, you begin to work very hard or perform a particular activity in a very intense way.
- live and let live — be tolerant of others
- misrepresentative — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- neurodegenerative — Resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system, especially the neurons in the brain.
- neurotransmissive — Relating to neurotransmission.
- non-argumentative — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
- non-authoritative — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
- non-communicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- nonrepresentative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
- over-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- paleoconservative — a person advocating an older, traditional type of conservatism, especially in politics.
- plastic explosive — a puttylike substance that contains an explosive charge, and is detonated by fuse or by remote control: used especially by terrorists and in guerrilla warfare.
- private detective — a detective who is not a member of an official force but is employed by private parties.
- pseudo-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- quasi-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- quasi-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- second derivative — the derivative of the derivative of a function: Acceleration is the second derivative of distance with respect to time.
- semi-quantitative — partially quantitative.
- the tet offensive — an offensive launched in January–February 1968 by the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong. Coinciding with the first day of the Tet, it was a surprise attack on South Vietnamese cities, including Saigon
- to be eaten alive — If you say that someone will be eaten alive, you mean that they will be completely destroyed or defeated by someone who is much stronger.
- ultraconservative — extremely conservative, especially in politics.
- wood preservative — a coating applied to timber as a protection against decay, insects, weather, etc
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